Bevelyn — girls' name
269 babies named Bevelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Bevelyn was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Bevelyn in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bevelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Bevelyn between 1920 and 1971, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bevelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bevelyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bevelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bevelyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 269 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Bevelyn at a glance
Last recorded 1971Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bevelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1920
- Peak year (1955)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1971.
269 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 15 births in a single year.
Bevelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 112 births that decade — 42% of Bevelyn's all-time total
Bevelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Bevelyn's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.